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Jordyn didn’t notice the indifference in Celeste’s tone. She breathed out a sigh of relief upon hearing what Celeste had just said.

Ivan handed his gift to Betty, and Celeste followed afterward.

The first gift she gave Betty was an embroidery painting. “Grandma had Trevor help prepare this painting for you.

Betty took the painting, unfolded it, and examined it for a while. It was exactly what she wanted. Smiling with satisfaction, she said, “How considerate of her.”

. Next, Celeste handed the emerald jewelry set to Betty. “This is from Trevor.”

The jewelry set was of exceptional quality.

Betty liked it a lot.

– However, since it was a gift from Trevor, she closed the box and put it away right after she took a glance at it. She

remarked in a neutral tone, “It looks lovely. Pass along my thanks to him for me.”

She never asked whether Trevor would come to celebrate her birthday.

She didn’t care enough to ask, nor did she want to.

Celeste knew Betty wasn’t fond of Trevor. She’d have definitely defended Trevor in the

But now, she no longer spoke up for him. She took out the gift she had

past.

ed for Betty and handed it to her.

It was just as Celeste had expected–among all the gifts Betty received, she loved the set of exquisite scholar’s writing set from Celeste the most.

Betty had it in her hand, admiring it nonstop. Immediately, she went to the study and wrote a piece of calligraphy.

gifts were given, they

breakfast was filled with warmth and

too, was all smiles, clearly

And yet…

often, a fleeting loneliness could be

today was, above all, a day for a

on an important day like

thought made Celeste avert her gaze, her eyes growing

the atmosphere light,

the guests with closer ties to the

a hotel they had reserved for dinner in the evening as

was then that the

noticed Jordyn sitting aside, looking bored. Hence, he tenderly rubbed her

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Celeste knew Jordyn was

words. She stayed in the Rodriguez residence and didn’t sneak

mind was clearly

However, Wynn seeined to

they all went to

were slowly arriving

the guest said, “Apologies, Mr. Rodriguez. I have

and Celeste understood and didn’t insist,

it was just an

handed over their gifts and then left. On top of that, several guests opted to have their secretaries bring the gifts

that the majority of the reserved tables would

with

understand if the guest had decided to leave

that his expression would certainly

and asked, “A lot of friends mentioned that they didn’t have

be attending the same banquet as Robert? What were

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